Bouncing a bunch of different ideas in a bunch of different places.
Long and short: my Kindergarten daughter hasn't been tested yet, but school and she are not getting along. They've assessed her *far* below her capacity using really crappy tools (she missed one word in one book, so is assessed at early first grade level; AIG teacher did "informal assessment" first day of school at the playground and said she would look into it further, but never did). Teacher makes a lot of promises. We're not seeing a lot of that at home. DD is getting REALLY frustrated (tears every day since break ended a week ago).
Asked AIG teacher for official identification. Can't happen; she did poorly on that first assessment and there's no point. We can force her to at least look into it by getting testing privately, but those scores don't count, but will make it so AIG teacher will have to reassess using her own tools.
Asked teacher for extra work, offering to help out. Can't do it, it's not possible.
We are VERY much "those parents" right now, and honestly haven't even done anything!! I feel like my hands are tied. We have a PTC scheduled (or, rather, teacher says she'll look at her schedule and see about something in the next couple of weeks), but I'm not even sure why we're bothering to do so at this point.
From here, I see my options as:
1) Test externally and try for the nomination
2) Suck it up for this year and count it as a wash, afterschooling where we can
3) Pull her out and homeschool
4) Keep smacking our heads against the wall that is her teacher to get more differentiation, at least for homework that's sent home
I can't see any other options, and honestly don't like any of those. I see too many "cons" and nowhere near enough "pros" for any of them,but maybe I'm missing something, or maybe there's some hidden benefits to some of these that I'm not seeing.
